Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

PHLEBOTOMY: TUBES, TEST AND ORDER OF DRAW

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
In this tube the Blood clots, and the serum is separated by centrifugation   RED TOP  
🗑
Serum separator tube (SST) contains a gel at the bottom to separate blood from serum on centrifugation   GOLD TOP  
🗑
LIGHT GREEN TOP ADDITIVE:   Plasma Separating Tube (PST) with Lithium heparin  
🗑
Forms calcium salts to remove calcium   EDTA  
🗑
Hematology (CBC) and Blood Bank (Crossmatch); requires full draw - invert 8 times to prevent clotting and platelet clumping   EDTA/PURPLE TOP  
🗑
MODE OF ACTION: Forms calcium salts to remove calcium   LIGHT BLUE TOP  
🗑
USES: Coagulation tests (protime and prothrombin time), full draw required   SODIUM CITRATE  
🗑
ADDITIVE:Sodium heparin or lithium heparin   Test for lithium OR SODIUM levels  
🗑
GREEN TOP ACTION:   Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin  
🗑
USES: Trace element testing (zinc, copper, lead, mercury) and toxicology   DARK BLUE TOP  
🗑
MODE OF ACTION: Tube is designed to contain no contaminating metals   EDTA  
🗑
LIGHT GREY TOP additive:   Sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate  
🗑
USES: Glucose, requires full draw (may cause hemolysis if short draw)   LIGHT GRAY TOP  
🗑
YELLOW TOP ADDITIVE   ACD (acid-citrate-dextrose)  
🗑
uses for yellow top   HLA tissue typing, paternity testing, DNA studies  
🗑
additive used for donor collections.   citrate phosphate dextrose  
🗑
Tube containing a gel seperator and silicon to activate clotting.   SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE  
🗑
Solution used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is   seventy percent isopropyl alcohol  
🗑
Top commonly used to collect plasma for chemistry test.   Green Top  
🗑
Top commonly used to collect whole blood for hematology test.   Lavender Top  
🗑
Common use for this tube is to provide plasma for coagulation test.   Light Blue Top  
🗑
Trace element free   Royal blue Top  
🗑
an anticoagulant that inhibits proteins that destroy bacteria, prevents phagocytosis of bacteria by wbc's, and reduce the activity of some antibiotics.   SPS TUBES  
🗑
Hematology test are collected in   EDTA  
🗑
EXCESS OXALATE CAUSES   HEMOLYSIS  
🗑
AN INERT (NON REACTIVE) SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCE THAT FORMS A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE CELLULAR PORTION OF A SPECIMEN AND THE SERUM OR PLASMA PORTION.   THIXOTROPIC GEL  
🗑
WHEN A THIXOTROPIC GEL IS USED IN A TUBE THAT CONTAINS EDTA IT IS CALLED A   PREPARATON TUBE/PPT  
🗑
THE MOST COMMON ANTIGLYCOLYTIC AGENTS ARE   SODIUM FLUORIDE AND LITHIUM IODOACETATE  
🗑
A SUBSTANCE THAT INHIBITS OR PREVENTS GLYCOLYSIS BY CELLS OF THE BLOOD   ANTIGLYCOLYTIC AGENT  
🗑
THROMBIN IS NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF   FIBRIN FROM FRIBINOGEN  
🗑
SPS TUBES ARE USED TO COLLECT ________ _______, WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN THE _____ _____.   BLOOD CULTURES, MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT  
🗑
additive used for donor collection   CITRATE PHOSPHATE DEXTROSE (CPD)  
🗑
heparinized tube containing a gel separator   PLASMA SEPARATOR TUBE (PST)  
🗑
tube containing a gel separator and silica to activate clotting.   SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST)  
🗑
an electrolyte STAT test is usually collected in a:   LITHIUM HEPARIN TUBE  
🗑
color top that contains SPS   GRAY  
🗑
color top that contains THIXOTROPIC GEL   GOLD OR MOTTLED RED AND GREY  
🗑
the purpose of sodium citrate in specimen collection is to:   PROTECT COAGULATION FACTORS  
🗑
This test requires preparation of a blood film on a glass slide   MANUAL DIFFERENTIAL  
🗑
Glass particles in a serum separator tube:   ACCELERATE CLOTTING  
🗑
The best tube for collecting an ethanol (ETOH) specimen is:   GRAY TOP  
🗑
___________ BINDS CALCIUM, OR INHIBITS THROMBIN. KEEPS THE BLOOD FROM CLOTTING AND PREVENTS COAGULATION.   ANTICOAGULANT  
🗑
An edta tube that contains gel separator is called:   PPT  
🗑
When collecting blood using a syringe, samples should be placed into evacuated tubes in the following order:   BLUE, LAVENDER, RED  
🗑
The appropriate anticoagulant used to coat a syringe for collecting an arterial blood gas is:   HEPARIN  
🗑
What should normal plasma specimen look like?:   LIGHT YELLOW COLOR  
🗑
If an CBC that was collected in a EDTA tube was left out over night, what would be effected by the processing delay?:   WHITE BLOOD CELL DIFFERENTIAL.  
🗑
Acid washed syringes are used to collect specimens for analysis of   ALL TRACE ELEMENTS.  
🗑
When performing capillary punctures on neonates, the following order of the collection is mandated:   HEMATOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, BLOOD BANK.  
🗑
Which preservative when used in a 24-hour urine collection will interfer the least with dipstick analysis and other chemical urine test.   BORIC ACID  
🗑
The best marker to insure the completeness of a 24-hour urine collection, would be:   4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID LEVEL.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: ascpstudent100
Popular Laboratory Science sets